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Robert    Browiiitig 

1812-1889 

A  List  of  Books 

and  oi  References   to  Periodicals 

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Brooklyn  Putli'c  Library 


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Pubh'ihed  by 

THE  BROOKLYN  PUBLIC   LIBRARY 

BROOKLYN.  NEW  YORK 

1912 


Robert   BrpwAing> 

1812-1889         ''^ 

A   List  oi:  Books 

and  oi  Reierences  to   Periodicals 

in  tke 

Brooklyn  Public  Library 


Published  by 

THE  BROOKLYN  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

BROOKLYN,   NEW  YORK 

1912 


Robert  Browning 

Born  May  7,  1812;   Died  December  12,  1889 


SCHEME  OF   ARRANGEMENT 

I.  BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 

II.  WORKS. 

III.  BIOGRAPHY,    CRITICISM,   ETC. 

A.  Books  and  parts  of  books  (listed  alphabetically 

by  authors). 

B.  Periodical     articles     (listed     alphabetical'y    by 

titles). 


I.   BiBLioGFRAPHiEs; '; ;  V  - 

Allibone,  S.  Austin.     Chronological  }:sV  of'  pTo^'r-ing's  ; 
works.     (In  Supplement  to  his  CriVxa-lciibtiori'at-yl  of : 
English  literature  and  British  and  American  authors 
...by  J.  F.  Kirk.     2  v.     1902.    v.  i,  p.  232-234.     R803- 
A43S.) 

Anderson,  J.  P.  Bibliography  [of  Robert  Browning]. 
(In  Sharp,  William.  Life  of  Robert  Browning.  1890. 
BB885S.) 

Is  arranged  as  follows:  I.  Works.  II.  Single  works.  III. 
Contributions  to  magazines.  IV.  Printed  letters.  V.  Selec- 
tions. V'l.  Appendix — Biography,  criticism,  etc ;  magazine  arti- 
cles.     VII.  Chronological   list   of   works.     Has   some  annotations. 

Bates,  Arlo.  Bibliography  [of  the  plays  included  in 
this  volume].  (In  Browning,  Robert.  Blot  in  the 
'scutcheon,  Colombe's  birthday,  A  Soul's  tragedy, 
and  In  a  balcony;  edited  by  Arlo  Bates.  1904.  p. 
300-303.    822B88BC.) 

I.  Texts.  "It  is  not  exhaustive,  but  includes  the  authorized 
editions  and  the  best  reprints."  II.  Works.  Biographical  and 
critical.  "Made  with  special  reference  to  the  plays,  the  essays 
cited  having  at  least  noteworthy  passages  bearing  upon  one  or 
more  of  the  dramas  included  in  this  volume;  but  most  of  the 
works  given  have  also  a  broader  range  and  deal  with  Browning 
in  the  varied  phases  of  his  genius." 

Berdoe,  Edward.  Books,  essays,  etc.,  which  are  espec- 
ially useful  to  the  Browning  student  [and]  Chrono- 
logical list  of  works,  etc.  (In  his  Browning  cyclo- 
paedia.    1892.     p.   [xiii]-xx.     R82i.7B88Bn.) 

The  first  part  is  divided  into  biographical  works ;_  works  of 
criticism   and  exposition;   the  Browning  Society's  publications. 

Clark,  J.  Scott.  Bibliography  of  criticism  on  Brown- 
ing. (In  his  Study  of  English  and  American  poets. 
1900.     p.  677-679-    82I.7C59-) 

*  A   list   of   references   to   books   and   periodicals. 

Cooke,  George  Willis.  The  Best  things  said  of  Brown- 
ing. (In  his  Guide  book  to  the  Poetic  and  dramatic 
works  of  Robert  Browning.     1894.     821.7B88C.) 

Arranged  under  the  following  head?:  I.  Biographical  works. 
II.  Biographical  magazine  articles.  III.  Books  of  interpreta- 
tion and  criticism.  IV.  Books  with  essays  on  Browning.  V. 
Magazine  articles  of  special  value.  A  list  is  also  given  of 
"General    articles    in    the    Browning    Society    papers." 


Oll^irC)    : 


Fotheringham,    James.      Chronological    list   of    Bro\vn- 
.•;  JTig's  poejns  in  ordtjr,  and  with  dates,  of  publication. 
;»"  •  ',0.t:  his  SUid^es  of'the  mind  and  art  of  Robert  Brown- 
ing.    1900.     p.   xxiii-xxviii.     821.7B88F0.) 

"In  compiling  the  above  List,  Dr.  Furnivall's  Bibliography  has 
been  used,  and  certain  sections  of  the  valuable  Bibliography 
of  Mr.  T.  J.  Wise,  given  in  the  Athenaum,  1894-96." 

Furnivall,    F.    J.      Bibliography    of    Robert    Browning, 
from  1833  to  1881.     (In  London.     Browning  society   1 
Papers.     1881-91.     v.  i,  pt.  i.     82i.7B88Ln.) 

I.  An  alphabetical  list  of  Robert  Browning's  works,  with 
their  order-numbers  and  dates  of  publication.  II.  A  List  of 
Robert  Browning's  works  in  the  order  of  their  publication. 
Annotated.  III.  Browning's  printed  letters.  IV.  Appendix. 
Contains:  The  "Selections'  from  Browning's  works;  Trial-list 
of  criticisms  and  notices  of  Browning's  works;  Personal  notices; 
etc. 

Browning  bibliography.     Additions,  31    December 

1881.     (In  Same.     v.  i  pt.  2.) 

Contains:  (i)  Browning's  acted  plays;  (2)  Fresh  entries  of 
criticisms  of  Browning's  works;  (3)  Fresh  personal  notices  of 
Browning;  (4)  Notes  on  Browning's  poems  and  my  bibliography; 
(5)    Short    index    to    the    Bibliography    and    Additions. 

Marzials,  Frank  T.  Bibliographical  note.  (In  his 
Browning.     1905.     BB885M.) 

Gives  a  list  of  Browning's  own  works  in  the  order  of  publi- 
cation, a  list  of  "Selections"  (with  remarks  on  them),  and  a 
selection  of  books  dealing  with  Br<iwning's  works,  in  elucidation 
or  criticism    (with   remarks  on  their  value). 

Orr,  Mrs.  Sutherland.  Chronological  bibliography  of 
Browning's  works.  (In  her  Handbook  to  the  works 
of  Robert  Browning.  Ed.  6.  1899.  p.  365fT.  821.7 
B880.) 

Based  on  Furnivall's  Bibliography  "and  thoroughly  revised 
by  .Mr.  Dykes  Campbell."  Followed  on  p.  395IT.  by  an  alpha- 
betical list  of  Robert  Browning's  works,  which  is  an  index 
to  the  foregoing  bibliography  and  to  the  collcct< 
1868  and   1889-90. 

Symons,  Arthur.  (A)  Bibliography  of  Robert  Brown- 
ing. (In  his  Introduction  to  the  study  of  Browning. 
1906.     p.  241-254.     82i.7B88Sy.) 

A  list  of  his  works  in  the  order  of  their  publication,  com- 
piled mainly  from  Furnivall's  Bibliography.  "Selections"  are 
not    noticed. 


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Wise,  Thomas  J.  Materials  for  a  bibliography  of  the 
writings  in  prose  and  verse  of  Robert  Browning, 
(In  Nicoll,  W.  Robertson  and  Wise,  Thomas  J.  Lite- 
rary anecdotes  of  the  nineteenth  century:  contribu- 
tions towards  a  literary  history  of  the  period.  2  v. 
1895-96.     V.  I,  p.  361-627.     809N64.) 

A  very  complete  and  detailed  bibliography,  divided  into  the 
following  parts:  I.  Editiones  principes,  etc.  II.  Contributions 
to  periodical  literature,  etc.  III.  Published  letters  of  Robert 
Browning.  IV.  An  Alphabetical  list  of  Robert  Browning's 
poems,  with  references  to  the  positions  of  each  in  the  various 
editions  of  his  works.  V.  Collected  editions  of  the  poetical 
works  of  Robert  Browning.  VI.  Selections  from  the  poetical 
works  of  Robert  Browning.  VII.  Complete  volumes  of  biography 
and  criticism.  VIII.  Browningiana — A  List  of  the  principal  re- 
views and  criticisms  of  Robert  Browning  and  his  writings 
contained  in  books  and  magazines,  with  a  selection  from  the 
more  important  weekly  and  daily  periodicals.  The  reading  of 
'•he  title  pages  of  all  books  both  by  and  on  Browning  is  given, 
with   collation   and   annotations. 


11.     WORKS. 

Browning,     Robert.      Complete     poetic     and     dramatic 
works.     Bost.  [C1895].  821B88C 

Agamemnon     of     /Eschylus;     with     introduction, 

notes  and  general  indexes.     Bost.    1899.     821B88AS 

Includes:  La  Saisiaz;  The  Two  poets  of  Croisic;  Dramatic 
idyls,  series  1-2;  Jocoseria;  Ferishtah's  fancies;  i'arleyings  with 
certain  people  of  importance  in  their  day;  Asolando;  Poems 
uncollected   by    Browning. 

Same.     Bost.  1887.  821B88A1 

Same;  with  the  author's  latest  corrections.     1891. 

821B88A1 

Same.     Bost.  1895.  82iB88Aa 

Agamemnon  [of  ^schylus].     Bost.  1882. 

82iB88Am 

Includes:  La  Saisiaz;  The  Two  poets  of  Croisic;  Pauline; 
Dramatic   idyls,    series    1-2. 

Agamemnon    [of  .^schylus].     Bost.   1886. 

82iB88Ag 

Includes:  La  Saisiaz;  The  Two  poets  of  Croisic;  Pauline; 
Dramatic  idyls,  series  1-2;  Jocoseria. 

Agamemnon     of     ^schylus.      (In     his     Poetical 

works.     1894-1903.    V.  7.    821B88P09.) 

Aristophanes'  apology;  including  a  transcript  from 

Euripedes,  being   the   last  adventure   of  Balaustion. 
Bost.  1875.  821B88AR 

Aristophanes'  apology.     (In  his  Red  cotton  night- 
cap country.     1887.     82iB88Re.) 

Same.      (In     his     Balaustion's     adventure.      1886. 

82iE88Ba.) 

Same.      (In   his  Poetical  works.      1894-1903.     v.   7. 

821B88P09.) 

Asolando;  fancies  and  facts.     Bost.  1891.    821B88A 

Asolando.      (In     his     Agamemnon     of    yEschylus. 

1S95.    82iB88Aa.) 

Same.     (In  Same.     1899.     821B88AS.) 

Same.      (In   his   Poetical   works.    1894- 1903.     v.   Qt 

821B88P09.)  .*3«'tS5 

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Or 


—  Balaustion's  adventure;  including  a  transcript 
from  Euripedes.     Bost.  1871.  821B88BL 

—  Balaustion's  adventure,  Aristophanes'  apology; 
Pacchiarotto,  and  other  poems.     Bost.  1S86. 

82iB88Ba 

—  Balaustion's  adventure.  (In  his  Christmas-eve 
and  Easter  day.     1891.    82iB88Ch.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  6. 
821B88P09.) 

—  and  Browning,  Elizabeth  Barrett.  Beautiful 
thoughts;  arranged  by  Margaret  Shipp.     N.  Y.  1900. 

82iB88Be 

—  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon  and  other  dramas;  edited 
with  notes  by  W.  J.  Rolfe  and  H.  E.  Hersey.  X.  Y. 
C1887.  822B88B 

Contents:  A  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon;  Colombe's  birthday;  A 
Soul's   tragedy. 

—  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon,  and  other  poetic  dramas; 
with  an  introductory  note,  by  Frank  Rinder.  Lond. 
n.  d.  822B88BL 

Contents:  Introductory  note;  The  Return  of  the  Druses;  A 
Blot  in  the  'scutcheon;  Colombe's  birthday;  The  Flight  of  the 
duchess;  Luria;  A  Soul's  tragedy;  Christmas  eve  and  Easter 
day. 

—  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon,  Colombe's  birthday,  A 
Soul's  tragedy,  and  In  a  balcony;  edited  by  Arlo 
Bates.    Bost.  1904.  SjjBSSBc 

—  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon.  (In  his  Dramatic  lyrics. 
1887.    821B88D.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  4.  821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  2. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.    822B88.) 

—  Same.  (In  Morris,  H.  S.  cd.  Tales  from  ten 
poets.     1893.    V.  2.    821.08M877.) 

—  and  Browning,  Elizabeth  Barrett.  Brownings  for 
the  young;  edited  by  F.  G.  Kenyon.     N.  Y.  1896. 

J821B88K 

8 


Christmas-eve  and  Easter  day;  with  the  author's 

latest  corrections.     Bost.  1891.  82iB88Ch 

Includes:  Men  and  women;  In  a  balcony;  Dramatis  persons; 
r.alaiistion's  adventure;  Prince  llohcnstiel-Sclnvangau;  Fifine  at 
the    fair. 

Same;  with  introduction  and  notes.    Bost.  ci899- 

82iB88Ch 

Christmas-eve   and  Easter-day.     (In  his  Dramatis 

personse.     1886.     82iB88Dp.) 

Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  5.     821- 

B88Pw.) 

Same.      (In   his    Poetical  works.    1894-1903.     v.   3. 

821B88P09.) 

Same.     (In  his  Sordello.     1864.     821B88S0.) 

Same.      (In    his    Blot    in    the    'scutcheon,      n.    d. 

822B88BL.) 

Colombe's     birthday.      (In    his     Dramatic    lyrics. 

1887.    821B88D.) 

Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  4.    821- 

B88Pw.) 

Same.    (In    his    Poetical    works.    1894-1903.      v.    2. 

821B88P09.) 

Same.      (In    his     Blot    in    the     'scutcheon.      1904. 

822B88BC.) 

Same.     (In  Same.     n.  d.     822B88BL.) 

Same.     (In  his   Blot  in  the   'scutcheon  and  other 

dramas.     C1887.     822B88B.) 

Same.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.     822B88.) 

Dramas.    2  v.  in  i.    N.  Y.  1886.  822B88 

Contents:  v.  r.  Paracelsus;  Pippa  passes;  King  Victor  and 
King  Charles;  Colombe's  birthday,  v.  2.  A  Blot  in  the  'scut- 
cheon ;  The  Return  of  the  Druses;  Luria;  A  Soul's  tragedy. 

' Dramatic  idyls;  [series   1-2].     Lond.  1889. 

82iB88Di 

Includes   Jocoseria. 

Dramatic  idyls.     (In  his  Agamemnon  of  i^schylus. 

1887.    821B88A1.) 

Same.    (In  Same.     1895.    82iB88Aa.) 

--  Same.     (In  Same.     1899.     821B88AS.) 


—  Same.     (In  his  Agamemnon  [of  /Eschylus].     1882. 
82iB88Am.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1886.    82iB88Ag.) 

—  Same.      (In  his  Poetical   works.     1894-1903.     v.  8. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Dramatic  lyrics.     Bost.  1887.  821B88D 
Includes:    The  Return  of  the  Druses;  A  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon; 

Colombe's     birthday;     Dramatic     romances;     A     Soul's     tragedy  ;i^ 
Luria.  '1 

—  Same;  with  the  author's  latest  corrections.     BostJ* 
1891.  821B88D] 

—  Same;  with  introduction  and  notes.     Bost.  C189Q. 

821 B  8^0 

—  Dramatic    lyrics.      (In  his    Poetical   works.      iSr^ 
1903-    V.  3.    821B88P09.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  3.     821 
B88Pw.) 

—  Dramatic     romances.      (In    his     Dramatic     lyrics. 
1887.    821B88D.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  4.     821-' 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In   his   Poetical    works.    1894-1903.      v.   3. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Dramatic  romances  and  lyrics;  with  an   introduc- 
tory note,  by  E.   Dixon.     Lond.  introd.   1897. 

821B88DS 

Includes:      Sorddlo. 

—  Dramatic  romances  and  lyrics.  (In  his  Dramatis 
personam.     1886.    82iB88Dp.) 

—  Dramatis  persona?.     Bost.  1864.  82iB88Dr 

—  Same.     N.  Y.  1886.  82iB88Dp 

Includes:      Dramatic    romances    and    lyrics;    Strafford;    Christ- 
mas-eve   and    Easter-day. 

—  Same.      (In    his    Christmas-eve    and     Easter    day. 
1891.     82iB88Ch.) 

—  Same.      (In     his     Poetical     works.      1868.      v.     6. 
821B88PW.) 

—  Same.      (In  his    Poetical  works.    1894-1903.     v.   4. 
821B88P09.) 

10 


--  Favorite  poems.     [Bost.  C1875.]  828M68 

—  Ferishtah's  fancies.     N.  Y.  1886.  82iB88Fe 

—  Same.  (In  his  Agamemnon  of  ^schylus.  1895. 
82iB88Aa.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1899.     821B88AS.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1887.     821B88A1.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  8. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Fifine  at  the  fair,  and  other  poems.     Bost.  1872. 

82iB88Fi 

Contents:     Fifine   at   the    fair;    Prince    Hohenstiel-Schwangau; 
Herve    Riel. 

—  Fifine  at  the  fair,  [and  other  poems].     N.  Y.  1886. 

821B88F 

Contents:     Fifine   at   the    fair;    Prince    Hohenstiel-Schwangau; 
Herve  Riel;   Red  cotton  night-cap  country;   The   Inn  album. 

—  Fifine  at  the  fair.  (In  his  Christmas-eve  and 
Easter  day.     1891.    82iB88Ch.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  6. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Flight  of  the  duchess.  (In  his  Blot  in  the  'scutch- 
eon,   n.  d.     822B88BL.) 

—  and  Brov^^ning,  Elizabeth  Barrett.  Florence  in  the 
poetry  of  the  Brownings;  being  a  selection  of  [their] 
poems  which  have  to  do  with  the  history,  the  scen- 
ery and  the  art  of  Florence;  edited  by  A.  B.  Mc- 
Mahan.     Chic.  1904.  821B88FL 

—  Herve  Riel.  (In  his  Fifine  at  the  fair  and  other 
poems.     1872.     82iB88Fi.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Fifine  at  the  fair.    1886.    821B88F.) 

—  Same.  (In  De  Berard,  F.  B.  ed.  Famous  tales  of 
heroism.     1899.) 

—  In  a  balcony.  (In  his  Christmas-eve  and  Easter 
day.     1891.    82iB88Ch.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon.  1904.  822- 
B88Bc.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  6.  821B88- 
Pw.) 

II 


—  Same.     (In  his  Poetical   works.     1894-1903.     v.  4. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Inn  album.    Bost.  1876.  821B88I 

—  Same.      (In    his    Red    cotton    night-cap    country. 
1887.    82iB88Re.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Fifine  at  the  fair.    1886.    821B88F.) 

—  Same.     (In  his   Poetical  works.     1894-1903.     v.  6. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Jocoseria.     Lond.  1883.  821B88J 

—  Same.     (In  his  Agamemnon  [of  /Eschylus].     1886. 
82iB88Ag.) 

—  Same.      (In   his  Agamemnon  of  ^schylus.     1887. 
821B88A1.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1895.    82iB88Aa.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1899.    82iB88As). 

—  Same.     (In  his  Dramatic  idyls;  [series  1-2].     1889. 
82iB88Di.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1894-1903.     v.  8. 
821B88P09.) 

—  King  Victor  and  King  Charles.     (In  his  Dramas. 
1886.    822B88.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Pauline.     1887.    82iB88Pa.) 

—  Same.  (In    his    Pippa   passes    and    other   poetic 
dramas,  n.  d.    822B88P.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  3.     821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.  (In  Same.  1894-1903.     v.  2.     821B88P09.) 

—  and  Browning,  Elizabeth  Barrett.      Letters,   1845- 
46.    2  V.     N.  Y.  1899.  826B88 

—  Luria.     (In  his  Dramatic  lyrics.     1887.    821B88D.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  5.     821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.  1894-1903.  v.  3.     821B88P09.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.     822B88.) 

—  Same.      (In    his    Blot    in    the    'scutcheon.      n.    d. 
822B88BL.) 

13 


Lyrical    and    dramatic    poems,  edited    by    E.    T. 

Mason.    N.  Y.  1897  [c'83].  821B88L 

Men  and  women.     Bost.  1856.  82iB88Me 

■  Same.     N.  Y.  1886.  821B88M 

Includes:     Sordello. 

■  Same.     (In    his    Christmas-eve    and    Easter    day. 

1891.    82iB88Ch.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  5.  821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.  1894-1903.    v.  2.    821B88P09.) 

—  Pacchiarotto  and  how  he  worked  in  distemper; 
with  other  poems.     Bost.   1877.  821B88PC 

—  Pacchiarotto  and  how  he  worked  in  distemper. 
(In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  7.  821B88- 
P09.) 

Same.  (In  his  Balaustion's  adventure.     1886.     821- 

B88Ba.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Red  cotton  night-cap  country. 
1887.    82iB88Re.) 

—  Paracelsus.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.    822B88.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Pauline.     1887.    82iB88Pa.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Pippa  passes  and  other  poetic 
dramas,     n.  d.     822B88P.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  i.  821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1894-1903.     v.   i.     821B88P09.) 

—  Parleyings  with  certain  people  of  importance  in 
their  day;  to  wit,  Bernard  de  Mandeville,  Daniel 
Bartoli,  Christopher  Smart,  George  Bubb  Doding- 
ton,  Francis  Furini,  Gerard  De  Lairesse,  and  Charles 
Avison,  introduced  by  a  dialogue  between  Apollo 
and  the  fates,  and  concluded  by  another  between 
John  Fust  and  his  friends.     Bost.  1887.       82iB88Py 

—  Parleyings  with  certain  people  of  importance  in 
their  day.  (In  his  Agamemnon  of  yEschylus.  1887. 
821B88A1.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1899.     821B88AS.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     i8o5-     82iB88Aa.) 

13 


ns.  Jiost.  I 
82iB88Pa  J 
it.  C1899.  I 
82iB88PaJ 
IS.]     i882f 


—  Same.    (In   his    Poetical   works.      1894-1903.     v.   8. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Pauline;    a    fragment    of    a   confession;    edited    by 
T.  J.  Wise.     Lond.  1886.  821B88PL 

—  Pauline.    Bost.  1887.  82iB88Pa 

Includes:     Paracelsus;   Strafford;   Sordcllo;   Pippa  passes;  King 
X'ictor    and    King    Charles. 

—  Same;  with  the  author's  latest  corrections.     Bost 
1895.  82iB88Pa 

—  Same;  with  introduction  and  notes.     Bos 

8 

—  Same.     (In  his  Agamemnon  [of  ^schylus 
82iB88Am.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Agamemnon.     1886.    82iB88Ag.) 

—  Same.      (In    his    Pippa    passes    and    other    poetic 
dramas,    n.  d.    822B88P.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  i.     821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1894-1903-     v.   i.     821B88P09.) 

—  Pied  piper  of  Ilamelin,  a  child's  story;  illustrated 
by  Hope  Dunlap.     [Chic]  C1910.  J82iB88Pd 

—  Pied  piper  of   Hamelin   and   other  poems;  with  a 
biographical  sketch  and  notes.     Bost.   [C1897]. 

82iB88Pi 

—  Same;     with     illustrations     by     Kate     Greenawav. 
N.  Y.  n.  d.  &  Lond.  [1910].  J82iB88Pg 

—  Pied  piper  of  Ilamelin.     (In  De  Bcrard,  F.  B.  ed. 
Famous  talcs  of  fairyland  and  fancy.     1899.) 

—  Pippa    passes    and    other   poetic    dramas;    with   an 
introductory  note,  by  Frank  Rinder.     Lond.  n.   d. 

822B88P 
Contents:      Pauline,   a    fragment    of   a    confession;    Par.icelsus; 
Strafford,    an    historical    tragedy;    Pippa    passes,    a    drama;    King 
Victor   and    King  Charles,   a   tragedy. 

—  Pippa  passes.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.     822B88.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Pauline.     1887.     82iB88Pa.) 

—  Same.     (In  his   Poetical  works.     1868.     v.  2.     821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1894- 1903.     v.  2.     821B88P09.) 

14 


-  Poems.     2  V.     Bost.    1874.  82iB88Pm 

—  Poems;  with  introduction  by  Richard  Garnett. 
Lond.  1900.  82iB88Pt 

Poems  selected  by  the  author.     N.  Y.  [1872]. 

821B88PS 

—  Poems;  from  the  author's  revised  text  of  1889,  his 
own  selections  with  additions  from  his  latest  works, 
edited  with  biographical  and  critical  notes  and  in- 
troductions by  Charlotte  Porter  and  Helen  A. 
Clarke.    2  v.     N.  Y.  C1896.  82iB88Pp 

—  Poetical  works.    6  v.     Lond.  1868.  821B88PW 

Contents:  v.  i.  Pauline;  Paracelsus;  Strafford.  v.  2.  Sor- 
dello;  Pippa  passes.  v.  3.  King  Victor  and  King  Charles; 
Dramatic  lyrics;  The  Return  of  the  Druses.  v.  4.  A  Blot  in 
the  'scutcheon;  Colombe's  birthday;  Dramatic  romances,  v.  5. 
A  Soul's  tragedy;  Luria;  Christmas  eve  and  Easter  day;  Men 
and   women,      v.    6.  In   a  balcony;    Dramatis   persons. 

—  Same.    9  v.     N.  Y.  1894-1903.  821B88P09 

Contents:  v.  i.  Pauline;  Sordello;  Paracelsus;  Strafford. 
V.  2.  Pippa  passes;  King  Victor  and  King  Charles;  The  Return 
of  the  Druses;  A  Soul's  tragedy;  A  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon; 
Colombe's  birthday;  Men  and  women,  v.  3.  Dramatic  romances; 
Christmas-eve  and  Easter-day;  Dramatic  lyrics;  Luria.  v.  4. 
In  a  balcony;  Dramatis  persons;  The  Ring  and  the  book,  v.  i. 
V.  5.  The  Ring  and  the  book,  v.  2-3.  v.  6.  Balaustion's  adven- 
ture; Prince  Hohenstiel-Schwangau;  Fifine  at  the  fair;  Red  cot- 
ton night-cap  country;  The  Inn  album.  v.  i.  Aristophanes' 
apology;  The  Agamemnon  of  yEschylus;  Pacchiarotto  and  how 
he  worked  in  distemper;  Other  poems.  v.  8.  Dramatic  idylls; 
Jocoseria;  Ferishtah's  fancies;  Parleyings  with  certain  people. 
V.    9.  Asolando;    Biographical   and   historical    notes   to   the    poems. 

—  Pomegranates  from  an  English  garden;  with  in- 
troduction and  notes,  by  J.  ]\I.  Gibson.     N.  Y.  1885. 

82iB88Pt 

—  Prince  Hohenstiel-Schwangau,  saviour  of  society. 
Lond.  1871.  82iB88Ph 

—  Prince  Hohenstiel-Schwangau.  (In  his  Christ- 
mas-eve and  Easter  day.     1891.    82iB88Ch.) 

--  Same.  (In  his  Fifine  at  the  fair  and  otlier  poems. 
1872.    82iB88Fi.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Fifine  at  the  fair.     1886.    821B88F.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  6. 
821B88P09.) 

, Principal  shorter  poems.     N.  Y.  1895.        82iB88Pr 

15 


—  Rabbi  Ben  Ezra;  with  supplementary  illustrative 
quotations  and  an  introduction  by  W.  A.  Slade. 
N.  Y.  1902.  82iB88Ra 

—  Red  cotton  night-cap  country;  or,  Turf  and 
towers.     Host.   1873-  821B88RC 

—  Red  cotton  night-cap  country.     Bost.  1887. 

82iB88Re 

Includes:     Aristophanes'    apology;    The    Inn    album;    Pacchia- 
rotto,    with   other  poems. 

—  Same;  with  the  author's  latest  corrections.     Bost. 

1891.  82iB88Re 

—  Same;  with  introduction  and  notes.     Bost.  C1899. 

82iB88Re 

—  Red  cotton  night-cap  country.  (In  his  Fifine  at 
the  fair.     1886.    821B88F.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  6. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Return  of  the  Druses.  (In  his  Dramatic  lyrics. 
1887.     821B88D.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.     822B88.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  3.  821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In   Same.     1894-1903.     v.  2.     821B88P09.) 
— ■  Same.      (In    his    Blot    in    the    'scutcheon.      n.    d. 

822B88BL.) 

—  Ring  and  the  book.     2  v.  in  i.     Bost.  1886. 

821B88R 

—  Same.  Bost.  1887.  821B88RJ 

—  Same;  with  the  author's  latest  corrections.     Bost.l 

1892.  821B88R? 

—  Same;  with  introduction  and  notes.     Bost.  C1899. 

821B88R  . 

—  Ring  and   the  book.     2  v.     Bost.    1869.     821B88R2! 

—  Same.    4  v.     Lond.  1868.  821B88R4) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1894-1903.  v.  4-5. 
821B88P09.) 

—  Same.  (In  Morris,  H.  S.  ed.  Tales  from  ten 
poets.     1893.     V.  I.     821.08M877.) 

16 


—  (La)  Saisiaz.  (In  his  Agamemnon.  1886.  821- 
B88Ag.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Agamemnon  of  ^schylus.  1887. 
821B88A1.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1899.     821B88AS.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1895.    82iB88Aa.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Agamemnon  [of  ^schylus].  1882. 
82iB88Am.) 

—  Saul;  with  drawings  by  F.  O.  Small.     Bost.  C1890. 

R82iB88Sa 

—  Seed  thoughts;  selected  and  arranged  by  M.  E. 
Burt.     Ed.  3,  rev.     Chic.   i887c'85.  82iB88Sd 

—  Select  poems;  arranged  in  chronological  order 
with  biographical  and  literary  notes,  by  A.  J.  George. 
Bost.  1905.  821B88SL 

—  Select  poems;  edited  by  W.  J.  Rolfe  and  H.  E. 
Hersey.     N.  Y.  1895  [c'86].  82iB88Sp 

—  Selections.     2  v.     Lond.  1895.  82iB88Se 

—  Selections  from  his  "Fifty  men  and  women."  (In 
Leavens,   Pauline.      Browning.      1910.     82i.7B88Le.) 

—  Selections  [from  his  poems].  (In  Watrous,  G.  A. 
ed.  Selections  from  Dryden  [etc.].  C1898.  821.08- 
W33.) 

—  Selections  from  his  poems;  with  biographical  and 
critical  essa}^  by  E.  L.  Burlingame.  (In  Warner's 
Library  of  the  world's  best  literature,  v.  5  or  6, 
p.  2557-2593.     R803W27,  etc.). 

Contents:  Andrea  del  Sarto;  A  Toccata  of  Galuppi's;  Con- 
fessions; Love  among  the  ruins;  A  Grammarian's  funeral  ;  My 
last  duchess;  Up  in  a  villa — down  in  the  city;  In  three  days; 
In  a  year;  Evelyn  Hope;  Prospice;  The  Patriot;  One  word 
more. 

—  Selections  from  [his]  poetical  works.     Phil.  n.  d. 

821B88S 

—  Same.  From  the  6th  London  edition.  N.  Y. 
C1886.  821B88S 

—  Selections;  from  [his]  poetry,  with  an  introduc- 
tion by  R.  G.  White.     N.  Y.  1883.  821B88SW 

17 


—  Shorter  i)ocms;  selected  and  edited  by  Franklin 
T.  Baker.     Ed.  4,  rev.  &  enl.     N.  Y.  190501899- 

82iB88Sh 

—  Sordello.  (In  his  Dramatic  romances  and  lyrics. 
introd.  1897.     821B88DS.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Men  and  women.    1886.    821B88M.) 

—  Same.     (In  his   Pauline.     1887.     82iB88Pa.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  2.  821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.      (In   Same.     1894-1903.     v.   i.     821B88P09.) 

—  Sordello,  Strafford,  Christmas-eve  and  Easter-dav. 
Bost.  1864.  821B8SS0 

—  Soul's  tragedv.  (In  his  Blot  in  the  'scutcheon. 
C1887.     822B88B.) 

—  Same.     In  Same.     1904.     822B88BC.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     n.  d.    822B88BL.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Dramas.     1886.     822B88.) 

—  Same.     (In  his  Dramatic  lyrics.     1887.     821B88D.) 

—  Same.  (In  his  Poetical  works.  1868.  v.  5.  821- 
B88Pw.) 

—  Same.     (In  Same.     1894- 1903.     v.   2.     821B88P09.) 

—  Stories  from  Robert  Browning,  by  F.  M.  Holland; 
with  an  introduction  by  Mrs.  Sutherland  Orr. 
Lond.  1882.  82iB88St 

Contents:  Strafford;  Sordello;  Luria;  The  .\dventures  of 
l?aIaustion;  A  Hlot  in  the  'scutcheon;  The  King  and  the  book; 
Pippa  passes;   The   Return  of  the  Druses;   Colombo's  birthday. 

—  Strafford;  a  tragedy;  with  notes  and  preface  by 
E.  H.  Hickey  and  an  introduction  by  S.  R.  Gardi- 
ner.    Lond.   1903.  822B88S 

A  prose  life  of  Strafford  was  planned  by  Tohn  Forster,  the 
biographer  of  Dickens,  and  was  published  uncfer  his  name.  As 
Forster  was  in  ill-health  he  appealed  to  his  new  friend,  Brown- 
in(j,  for  help,  which  was  given.  There  is  a  difference  of 
opinion  as  to  the  extent  of  this  assistance.  Statements  on  this 
point  will  be  found  in  C.rifTin,  Life  of  Browning,  p.  18,  and  in 
Kliss  Mickey's  article.  Browning  biography,  in  The  Nineteenth 
Century   and   After,   68:    1060    (reprinted   in   Littcll's  Lking  Age, 

268:       .201). 

—  Strafford.  (In  his  Dramatis  persona?.  1886. 
82iB88Dp.) 

18 


Same. 

(In 

■  Same. 

(In 

dramas. 

n.  d 

•  Same. 

B88Pw.) 

(In 

•  Same. 

(In 

—  Same. 

(In 

Two  poets 

JEschylus]. 

Same. 

(In 

Same.      (In 

821B88AL.) 

Same. 

(In 

Same. 

(In 

his  Pauline.     1887.    82iB88Pa.) 

his    Pippa    passes    and    other    poetic 
.     822B88P.) 
his  Poetical  works,    1868.     v.   i.     821- 

Same.     1894-1903.     v.   i.     821B88P09.) 
his  Sordello.     1864.    821B88S0.) 

of  Croisic.      (In   his  Agamemnon    [of 
1882.     82iB88Am.) 
Same.     1886.    82iB88Ag.) 

his  Agamemnon  of  ^schylus.     1887. 

Same.     1899.     821B88AS.) 
Same.     1895.     82iB88Aa.) 


19 


III.    BIOGRAPHY,  CRITICISM,  ETC. 

A.  Books  and  Parts  of  Books. 

The  only  authorized  biography  of  Robert  Brown- 
ing and  the  principal  source  of  information  as  to  his 
personal  career  is  the  Life  and  letters  published  by 
Mrs.  Sutherland  Orr,  who  had  exceptional  opportuni- 
ties for  obtaining  material  through  her  long  friendship 
with  the  poet.  Valuable  biographical  material  is  in- 
cluded in  the  Letters  of  Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning, 
1897,  and  the  Letters  of  Robert  Browning  and  Elizabeth 
Barrett  Barrett,  1845-46,  published  in  1899.  The  latest 
complete  life  of  Browning  is  that  of  the  late  Professor 
VV.  Hall  Griffin  (finished  by  H.  C.  Minchin).  Pro- 
fessor Griffin  qualified  himself  by  many  years  of  study 
and  collection  of  materials  and  had  access  to  some 
material  not  available  to  Mrs.  Orr.  Another  recent 
account  of  the  poet's  life  is  included  in  Lilian  Whiting's 
The  Brownings.  An  authoritative  brief  biography  is 
contributed  by  Edmund  Gosse  to  the  Dictionary  of 
national  biography,  supplement,  v.  i,  p.  3o6fT.  (See  also 
Mr.  Gosse's  Robert  Browning;  personalia,  listed 
below.) 

Abbott,    Mary    W.     Browning    and     Meredith;     some 
points  of  similarity.     1904.  820.1A13 

Affirms  that  in  their  faults,  as  in  their  virtues,  they  are  much 
alike  and  points  out  in  what  ways  they  resemble  each  other  as 
men   and   writers. 

Alexander,  W.  J.     Introduction  to  the  poetry  of  Robert 
Browning.     I902[ci889].  821.7B88A 

Consists  largely  of  extracts,  accompanied  by  careful  analyses 
and  a  copious  critical  commentary.  Amonf?  the  topics  treated 
are  Browning's  general  characteristics.  j)l»iIosophy,  tlieory  of 
art,    and    development. 

Austin,  Alfred.     Mr.  Browning.     (In  his  Poetry  of  the 
period.     1870.     821.7A93.) 

In    this    early    critique,    the    present  poet-laureate    argues    that 

Browning   is    "not    specifically    a    poet,  but    specifically    something 

(juite    different" — "a     deep    thinker,     a  profound    philosopher,    a 
keen   analyser   and   a   biting  wit." 


20 


4 


Bagehot,  WaUer.  Wordsworth,  Tennyson  and  Brown- 
ing; or,  Pure,  ornate  and  grotesque  art  in  English 
poetry.  (In  his  Literary  studies.  3  v.  1898.  v.  2. 
824B14L;  and  in  other  editions  of  his  works.) 

Reprinted  from  the  National  Rcz'iew,  Nov.  1864.  "Of  this 
art  [grotesque  art!  we  possess  in  the  present  generation  one 
prolific  master.  Mr.  Browning  is  an  artist  working  by  incon- 
gruity."     Some   of   Bagehot's   opinions   are   adverse. 

Berdoe,  Edward.  Browning  and  the  Christian  faith. 
1896.  821.7B88BC 

"The  evidences  of  Christianity  from  Browning's  point  of 
view."  The  author,  who  had  abandoned  belief  in  the  Christian 
religion  and  become  an  agnostic,  tells  how  he  found  his  way 
back   to   his    former   faith   by   reading  Browning's   works. 

Browning  cyclopaedia.     1892.  R82i.7B88Bn 

"A  guide  to  the  study  of  the  works  of  Robert  Browning; 
with    copious    explanatory    notes    and    references    on    all    difficult 

f>assages."  In  the  case  of  every  poem,  an  exposition  of  its 
eading  ideas,  its  key-note,  its  sources,  and  a  glossary  of  every 
difficult  word  or  allusion   are   given. 

Browning's  message  to  his  time,  his  religion,  phil- 
osophy and  science.  1890.  821.7B88B0.  Ed.  2. 
1891.  821.7B88B 

An  attempt  to  set  forth  some  of  the  broader  principles  of 
Browning's  teaching  for  educated  people  who  require  some  kind 
of  introduction  before  undertaking  the  study  of  the  poet. 

,  ed.      Browning    studies,    being    select    papers    by 

members  of  the  Browning  society.     1895. 

82i.7B88Bb 

The  editor  contributes  an  introduction  in  which  he  tells  about 
the  Browning  Society  of  London,  its  membership,  period  of 
existence  (1881-1893),  its  achievements,  and  the  like.  The 
papers    are    selected    from    the    Browning    Society's    publications. 

Birrell,  Augustine.  On  the  alleged  obscurity  of  Mr. 
Browning's  poetry.  (In  his  Obiter  dicta:  first 
series.     1895.     P-  55-    824B61.) 

Most  of  his  poems  are  intelligible,  but  thev  are  difficult  read- 
ing. If  we  are  moved  by  his  matter,  to  cnarge  him  with  ob- 
scurity is  both   folly  and  ingratitude. 

Robert    Browning;    an    address    delivered    at    the 

Browning  hall  settlement,  Walworth,  1897.  (In  his 
Essays  and  addresses.     1901.     p.   182.     824B61E.) 

Speaks  especially  of  Browning  as  a  religious  poet. 


y^ 


Bolton,  Mrs.  S.  K.  Robert  Browning.  (In  her  Famous 
English  authors  of  the  19th  century.  [C1890]. 
p.  390.     j92oB69Fn.) 

A  brief  account  of  his  life  and  works,  u?eful  for  the  general 
reader. 

Boston  Browning  society.  Papers,  selected  to  repre- 
sent the  work  of  the  society  from  1886-1897.  1900- 
C1897.  82i.7B88Pa 

There  arc  papers  by  T.  W.  Iligginson,  Josiah  Royce,  Percy 
S.  Grant,  C.  G.  Ames,  G.  VV.  Cooke.  W.  J.  Rolfe,  Helen  A. 
Clarke,  Charlotte  Porter,  J.  W.  Chadwick,  F.  B.  Ilornbrooke, 
P.    S.    Moxom,    \'ida    D.    Scudder,    and   others. 

Brooke,  Rev.  Stopford  A.  Poetry  of  Robert  Browning. 
[C1902.]  821.7B88BR 

An  analytical  and  critical  study.  Some  of  the  topics  treated 
are  Browning  and  Tennyson,  Browning's  treatment  of  nature, 
his  theory  of  human  life,  the  poet  of  art,  womanhood  in  Brown- 
ing, Browning  and  Sordello,  the  dramas,  the  poems  of  the 
passions,  imaginative  representations,  the  Ring  and  the  Book,  etc. 

Buchanan,  R.  W.  Browning's  masterpiece.  (In  his 
Master-spirits.     1873.     P-  89.    824B918M.) 

An  analysis  and  criticism  of  the  Ring  and  the  Book.  "Every- 
thing  Browningish   is   found   here." 

Burton,  Richard.  Renaissance  pictures  in  Browning's 
poetry.  (In  his  Literary  likings.  [C1898-1903.]  p. 
150.     804B97L.) 

A  paper  read  before  the  Boston  Browning  Society,  October 
26,  1897.  Browning  has  given  a  superb  gallery  of  I^enaissance 
historic  pictures,  re-creatmg  with  dynamic  force  and  virile 
imagination   past   beliefs   and    feelings,    people   and  actions. 

Carpenter,  W.  Boyd.  Browning.  (In  his  Religious 
spirit  in  the  poets.  1901.  Chap.  xi.  (p.  202)  and 
Chap.  xii.   (p.  224).     824C29.) 

Browning  is  the  poet  of  simple  human  life,  its  anguish,  its 
search,  its  doubt,  its  despair,  its  triumph.  In  spite  of  all 
perplexing  questions  there  is  such  a  thing  as  springtime  and 
God  is  over  all,  is  Browning's  invigorating  message  to  the  men 
of    his    generation. 

Gary,  E.  L.     Browning,  poet  and  man;  a  survey.     1899. 

BBSSsCa 

A  "looking  over"  of  the  ground  covered  by  his  life  and 
poetry  and  of  "the  place  the  two  seem  to  have  occupied  in  the 
generation  to  which  he  belonged."  There  are  quotations  from 
contemporary  opinions  and  from  French  criticism,  a  chapter 
on    Browning   societies,   etc. 

22 


Chapman,  E.  M.  Great  twin  brethren:  Tennyson  and 
Browning,  (in  his  English  literature  in  account 
with  religion.    1910.    p.  349.    820C46.) 

The  purpose  is  to  appraise  the  value  of  religion  to  them 
as   poets. 

Chapman,  John  Jay.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Emer- 
son and  other  essays.     1898.     p.  185.    814C46.) 

A  critical  essay  treaung  Browning  "as  a  theologian  and  a 
doctor  of  philosophy."  Criticises  him  adversely  as  to  his  verse 
and   grammar. 

Cheney,  John  Vance.  What  about  Browning.  (In  his 
Golden  guess;  essays  on  poetry  and  the  poets.  1892. 
Chap.  V.    821.7C51.) 

It  is  the  author's  belief  that  there  are  fixed  laws  of  poetic 
utterance,  which  Browning  disregards,  and  he  thinks  that 
Browning  is  not  a  great  poet,  but  a  great  teacher  and  philoso- 
pher, 

Chesterton,   G.   K.     Robert   Browning.     1903.     BB885C 

A  volume  in  the  English  Men  of  Letters  series,  giving  an 
outline  of  his  life  and  an  estimate  of  his  works.  Chapters 
VI,  VII,  and  VIII  deal  with  Browning  as  a  literary  artist,  the 
Ring  and  the  Book,  and  the  Philosophy  of  Browning,  respect- 
ively. 

Chicago  (111.)  Browning  society.  Robert  Browning's 
poetry;   outline  studies.     1886.  82i.7B88Ch 

This  volume  was  prepared  with  the  hope  of  its  being  helpful 
in  the  study  of  the  poet.  The  chief  thing  in  it  is  a  "classifica- 
tion of  the  entire  writings  of  Robert  Browning,"  designed  to 
indicate  to  clubs  and  classes  the  order  in  which  the  poems 
shall    be    studied.      Short    programs    are    given. 

Church,  Rev.  R.  W.  Sordello.  (In  his  Dante  and  other 
essays.     1901.     p.  221.     851.C56D.) 

An  analysis  and  exposition  of  Browning's  poem,  in  which  its 
teaching    is    indicated. 

Clark,  J.  Scott.  Browning,  1812-1889.  (In  his  Study  of 
English  and  American  poets.  1900.  p.  658.  821.7- 
C59.) 

Gives  a  biographical  outline,  a  bibliography  of  books  and 
articles  on  Browning's  style,  and,  chiefly,  an  enumeration  of 
the  particular  and  distinctive  features  of  his  style,  with  extracts 
from  various  critical  writings  and  illustrative  examples  from  bis 
works   under   each   head. 

23 


Clarke,   Helen  A.     Browning's   England.     1908. 

82i.7B88Cla 

"A  study  of  English  influences  in  B'Owning,"  in  which  is 
traced  Browning's  use  of  the  materia'  which  came  to  hiin 
through  being  an  Englishman,  through  his  English  education, 
etc.,    as   exhibited    in    certain   poems. 

Browning's  Italy.     1907.  821.7B88CL 

"A  study  of  Italian  life  and  art  ii  Browning."  Similar  t<'' 
the    preceding. 

Cochrane,  Robert,  ed.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Great 
thinkers  and  workers.     [1891  ]     920C66G.) 

A  brief  biography,  somewhat  anecdotal,  accompanied  with 
comment    on    his    position    as   a    poet. 

Cooke,  Bancroft.  Introduction  to  Robert  Browning, 
n.  d.  82i.7B88Ck 

"A  criticism  of  the  purpose  and  method  of  his  earlier  works." 
Confined  almost  entireW  to  a  selection  from  the  six  volumes 
which    comprise    his    collected    poems    published    in    1868. 

Cooke,  George  Willis.  Browning.  (In  his  Poets  and 
problems.     1901C1886.     Pt.  iv,  p.  269.     821.7C77.) 

Contents  include:  Biographical  sketch.  Browning's  relation  to 
his  wife.  Browning's  theory  of  art.  Characteristics  of  Brown- 
ing's poetry.  Browning's  dramatic  poetry.  Browning  as  a 
thinker,    and    Browning's    religious    teachings. 

Guide   book  to   the  poetic  and  dramatic   works  of 

Robert  Browning.      1894.  821.7B88C 

An  effort  to  supply  in  part  the  want  of  an  annotated  edition. 
There  are  introductions  to  the  various  pieces  and  notes  defining 
words    and    explaining    allusions. 

Corson,  Hiram.  Introduction  to  the  study  of  Robert 
Browning's  poetry.     i899[c86].  821.7B88C0 

Designed  to  afford  some  aid  and  guidance  in  the  study  of  the 
poetry.  There  is  a  chapter  on  Browning's  "obscurity,"  in  which 
arc  explained  the  peculiarities  of  the  poet's  diction,  one  on 
Browning's  verse,  and  one  giving  arguments  of  poems,  and  a 
selection    of    poems    is    included. 

Curry,  S.  S.  Browning  and  the  dramatic  monologue; 
nature  and  interpretation  of  an  overlooked  form  of 
literature.     C1908.  821.7B88CU 

A  discussion  of  the  dramatic  monologue  as  exemplified  by 
Browning,  its  nature,  the  influence  it  has  exerted  upon  modern 
poetry,  the  manner  of  rendering  it,  etc.,  by  a  professional 
elocutionist. 


:^4 


■3 

J 


Curtis,  George  William.     Robert  Browning  in  Florence.  . 
(In    his    From    the    Easy    chair.     1893-94.     p.     197- 
814C97.) 

A  brief  piece  telling  of  intercourse  with  the  Brownings  at 
Florence   and   of   going  to   Vallambrosa  with  them. 

Dawson,  W.  J.  Robert  Browning...  (In  his  Literary 
leaders  of  modern  England.  1902.  p.  143.  804- 
D27L.) 

Four  chapters  from  his  Makers  of  modern  [or  English] 
poetry    or   Makers   of   modern    English. 

Robert  Browning (In  his  Makers  of  English 

poetry.  1902  &  C1906.  821D27.  In  his  Makers  of 
modern  English.  1890.  821D27M.  Makers  of  Eng- 
lish poetry  is  also  published  as  Makers  of  modern 
poetry.) 

Six  chapters:  Robert  Browning;  Browning's  philosophy  of 
life;  The  Spirit  of  Browning's  religion;  Browning's  attitude  to 
Christianity;  Browning's  significance  in  literature;  Robert  Brown- 
ing— concluding   survey. 

Defries,  Esther  Phoebe.     Browning  primer.     1905. 

82i.7B88Df 

"A  companion  to  the  pocket  volume  of  selections."  Contents: 
Introduction  by  Dr.  Furnivall;  Preface;  The  Life  of  Browning; 
Characteristics' of  Browning's  poetry;  The  Poems;  Chronological 
table. 

Devey,  J.  Browning.  (In  his  Comparative  estimate  of 
modern  English  poets.     1873.     p.  zy^.     821.7D49.) 

An  unfavorable  estimate  of  his  art  and  works.  "The  quali- 
ties in  which  he  excels  are  not  those  which  belong  to  the  highest 
rank  of  poetry." 

Dowden,  Edward.  Mr.  Browning's  "Sordello."  (In  his 
Transcripts  and  studies.     1896.    p.  474-    820.1D74.) 

Gives  a  prose  rendering  of  the  poem,  and  indicates  the  place 
of  the  poem  among  his  poems  and  its  purport  as  a  whole. 

Mr.  Tennyson  and  Mr.  Browning.     (In  Afternoon 

lectures  on  English  literature  [and  art].     5  v.     1863- 
69.    V.  5,  p.  139-    824A25.) 
An  earlier   form   of  the  next. 


Dowden,   Edward.     Mr.   Tennyson   and  Mr.   Browning. 
(In  his  Studies  in  literature.     1902.    p.  191.    804D74.) 

A  comparative  study,  in  which  are  taken  up  "the  four  or  five 
elementary  themes  of  all  poetry — God,  nature,  genius,  art.  love, 
human  life — "  and  how  the  two  poets  treateof  them.  In  the 
same  author's  Transcendental  movement  and  literature,  p.  80  ff. 
Browning's   place  in   recent  literature  is  discussed. 

Robert  Browning.     1904.  BB885D 

Tries  to  furnish  such  a  biography  of  Browning's  mind,  asso- 
ciating his  poems  with  their  date  and  origin,  as  may  throw 
some   light    on    his    inward   development. 

Duff,  David.  Exposition  of  Browning's  'Sordello';  with 
historical  and  other  notes.     1906.     821.7B88D. 

Gives  the  story  in  the  form  of  a  complete  paraphrase  or 
retelling    in    prose    of    the    poem. 

Farrar,  F.  W.,  D.D.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Men 
I  have  known.     C1897.    920F24.) 

Gives  some  recollections  and  anecdotes  of  the  poet,  with 
whom    he    held    familiar    intercourse. 

Fawcett,  Edgar.  (The)  Browning  craze.  (In  his  Ag- 
nosticism and  other  essays.     C1889.    p.  106.    814F27.) 

Pours  contempt  upon  the  Browningitcs  and  severely  con- 
demns  Browning   for   his   lack  of  art. 

Flew,  Josiah.  Studies  in  Browning,  [pref.  1904].  821.7- 
B88F. 

The  object  has  been  to  introduce  Browning  to  those  to  wlioni 
he  is  little  more  than  a  name  and  to  give  them  samples  of  the 
intellectual  wealth  which  that  name  represents.  Deals  especially 
with   the   religious  aspects   of   his    poetry. 

Forman,  H.  Buxton.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Our 
living  poets;  an  essay  in  criticism.  1871.  p.  103. 
821.7F72.) 

A  very  favorable  critique,  mainly  devoted  to  an  analysis  and 
estimate  of  the   Ring  and  the   Book. 

Forster,  Joseph.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Four  great 
teachers.     1890.    p.  103.     920F733.) 

Consists  of  a  brief  biographical  sketch  and  a  selection  from 
his  shorter  poems,  the  latter  preceded  by  the  conclusion  of  a 
speech  made  by  Lowell  at  a  Browning  Society  meeting. 

26 


Fotheringham,  James.     Studies  of  the  mind  and  art  of 
Robert  Browning.     1900.  821.7B88F0 

Originally  published  under  the  title  Studies  in  the  poetry  of 
Robert  Browning.  This  fourth  edition  is  revised  and  enlarged. 
The   chapters   are   "critical  and  expository,   literary   and  ethical." 

Friswell,  J.  Hain.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Modern 
men  of  letters  honestly  criticised.  1870.  p.  119. 
820.1F91.) 

"Browning  is  a  much  deeper,  more  manly,  and  more  subtle 
thinker  than  Tennyson."  Finds  some  fault  with  Browning's 
diction. 

Genung,  J.  F.  Idylls  and  the  ages;  a  valuation  of  Ten- 
nyson's Idylls  of  the  king,  elucidated  in  part  by  com- 
parisons between  Tennyson  and  Browning.     1907. 

821.7G34 

The  comparisons  are  to  be  found  in  the  first  two  sections. 

Gingerich,  S.  F.  Wordsworth,  Tennyson  and  Brown- 
ing; a  study  in  human  freedom.     191 1.  123G49 

Inquires  into  the  poets'  views  of  the  freedom  of  the  will  and 
how  the  effect  of  their  theories  entered  into  the  making  of  their 
poetry.  Chap.  IX.  Browning  and  his  times;  chap.  X.  Browning: 
passion  and  will;  chap.  XI.  Browning:  freedom  and  transcen- 
dentalism;   chap.   XII.    Browning:    art   and   liberalism. 

Gosse,  Edmund.    Robert  Browning;  personalia.    1895. 

BB885G 

Appeared  originally  in  the  Century  Magazine  for  December, 
1881.  Deals  with  the  early  career  (1812-1846)  of  Browning  and 
is  recast  from  notes  of  his  conversation  taken  down  at  his  request. 
Added  are  "some  slight  recollections  of  the  personal  character- 
istics" of  the  poet,  contributed  to  the  New  Reviezv  for  January, 
1890.  Mr.  Gosse  contributed  the  life  of  Browning  in  the  Dic- 
tionary of  national   biography,    supplement,   v.    i. 

Gould,  E.  P.     Brownings  and  America.     1904.    BB885G0 

Gives  information  relating  to  the  reception  of  their  works  in 
America,  their  American  friends  and  their  associations  with 
America,  their  attitude  toward  the  Civil  War,  and  other  ways 
in  which  their  life  and  work  touched  America. 

Gould,  George  M.  (The)  Origin  of  the  ill-health  of... 
Browning.  (In  his  Biographical  clinics.  6  v.  1903- 
07.     V.  I.     920G696.) 

Browning  suffered  from  headache  and  vertigo  from  about 
1845,  which  were  due,  according  to  Dr.  Gould,  to  astigmatism. 
Browning   never   suspected  the   cause   of   his   suffering. 

27 


Griffin,  W.  Hall.  Life  of  Robert  Browning;  with  notices 
of  his  writings,  his  family  and  his  friends.     1910. 

BB885Gm 

This  work,  which  was  more  than  half  written  when  Professor 
Griffin  died,  was  completed  and  edited  by  Harry  C.  Minchin.  It 
is  based  on  prolonged  study  and  gathering  of  material.  No 
systematic  interpretation  or  detailed  criticism  of  the  poems  was 
contemplated  by  Professor  Griffin,  but  everything  that  could  be 
discovered  as  to  their  origins,  their  growth,  and  their  reception 
by  the  public  was  to  be  included.  In  the  preface  is  a  list  of 
works  consulted  in  the  preparation  of  tnis  life,  which  is 
valuable  for  its  indications  of  Browning  material  in  books  not 
directly   concerned   with    him. 

Griggs,  E.  H.  Poetry  and  philosophy  of  Browning. 
C1905.  821.7B88G 

A  handbook  of  eight  lectures,  aiming  to  furnish  an  intro- 
duction to  Browning's  poetry  and  philosophy  through  the  careful 
study  of  a  few  typical  and  especially  lofty  expressions  of  his 
genius.  In  each  case  a  lecture  outline,  topics  for  study  and 
discussion  and  a   list  of  poems  and  books  for  reading  are  given. 

Griswold,  Mrs.  Hattie  (Tyng).  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
Browning.  (In  her  Home  life  of  great  authors. 
1897086.     920G871.) 

A  sketch  of  the  mutual  love  of  the  poets  as  revealed  in  their 
poems,  of  their  happy  married  life,  with  information  as  to  their 
son  and  some  observations  on  their  work  and  personality  and 
their   life   in   Italy. 

Gunsaulus,  Rev.  F.  W.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his 
Higher  ministries  of  recent  English  poetry.  C1907. 
p.  178.    821.7097.) 

A  study  of  Browning's  interpretation  and  proclamation  of 
Christianity. 

Haweis,  Rev.  H.  R.  Robert  Browning,  New  Year's  eve. 
(In  his  Poets  in  the  pulpit.    1880.    p.   117.   821.7H38.) 

A  study  in  Browning  "for  the  purposes  of  edification  and 
devout  thought,"  dealing  mainlv  with  the  first  part  of  the  poem 
"Christmas-eve   and    Easterday.^' 

Hcrford,  C  H.     Robert  Browning.     1905.  BB885H 

Divided    into    two  parts:      I.   Browning's    life    and    work,    in 

which    is    sifted    out  the    really    salient    and    relevant    material; 

II.    Browning's   mind  and   art,   which   is   devoted   to   an  interpre- 
tation. 

Hill,  Julian.     Robert  Browning.     (In  his  Great  English 
poets.     1908.    p.  293-    9^011646.) 
A   brief  biographical   sketch,   with   little  criticism. 


Hillis,  Newell  Dwight,  D.D.  (A)  Study  of  Browning's 
"Saul" — The  Tragedy  of  the  ten-talent  men  and  their 
recovery.  (In  his  Great  books  as  life-teachers.  1900. 
p.  181.     170H65G.) 

Tells  'of  ten-talent  men  who  made  shipwreck  and  explains 
how  Browning  meditates  on  the  soul's  recovery  in  his  "Saul." 

Hinchman,  W.  S.  and  Gummere,  F.  B.  Robert  Brown- 
ing. (In  their  Lives  of  great  English  writers  from 
Chaucer  to  Browning.     1908.     p.  524.     920H65.) 

Gives  a  brief  outline  of  Browning's  life  and  literary  career, 
as  3  preparation  for  reading  him.     By   Professor  Hinchman. 

Holland,  F.  M.     Stories  from  Robert  Browning.     1882. 

82iB88St 

Reproduces,  as  much  in  Browning's  own  words  as  possible, 
the  stories  of  six  dramas  (Strafford,  Luria,  A  Blot  in  the 
'scutcheon,  Pippa  passes.  The  Return  of  the  Druses,  Colombe's 
birthday)  and  three  narrative  poems  (Sordello,  The  Adventures 
of  Balaustion,  The  Ring  and  the  book). 

Hornbrooke,  F.  B.,  D.D.  (The)  Ring  and  the  book,  by 
Robert  Browning;  an  interpretation.     1909. 

821.7B88H0 

A    posthumous  work    of    a    Unitarian    clergyman,    the    fourth 

president    of    the  Boston    Browning    Society,    who    had    read    the 

poem   through    at  least   thirty    times.      An   analysis   of    the  poem 

and  of  each  part  is   given,   with  interpretation    of   its  spirit   and 
lessons. 

Hubbard,  Elbert.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Little 
journeys  to  the  homes  of  English  authors.  1903. 
p.  35.     920H87E.) 

A  brief  biographical  sketch. 

Hutton,  John  A.  Guidance  from  Robert  Browning  in 
matters  of  faith.     1903.  821.7B88H 

Originally  four  lectures  given  to  a  class  on  Sunday  evenings, 
designed  "to  urge  his  message  as  offering  in  these  days  of 
ours  a  basis  and  motive  for  faith  and  hope  and  love."  I.  The 
Case  for  belief;  II.  The  Soul's  leap  to  God;  III.  The  Mystery 
of  evil;   I\'.  The  Incarnation. 

Hutton,  R.  H.     Mr.  Browning.      (In  his  Essays,  theo- 
logical and  literary.    2  v.     1877.     v.  2.    824H98E.) 
Same.     (In  his  Literary  essays.     1900.     824H98L.) 

A  critical  study,  pointing  out  Browning's  deficiencies  in  the 
medium  of  expression,  but  affirming  that  his  intellectual  and 
spiritual  strength,  etc.,  will  slowly  win  for  him  a  great,  a 
growing,   and  an  enduring  fame. 

29 


Hutton,  R.  H.  Robert  Browning.  (In  Masson,  David, 
and  others.  In  the  footsteps  of  the  poets.  1893. 
920M41I.) 

A    brief    critical    estimate. 

Inge,  W.  R.  Mysticism  of  Robert  Browning.  (In  his 
Studies  of  English  mystics.     1906.    p.  207.     242I45S.) 

"There  was  a  mystical  element  in  his  genius  and  his  teaching, 
and  that  element  constitutes  a  very  valuable  part  of  his  mes- 
sage."    A   Lenten    lecture. 

Jacobs,  Joseph.  Browning.  (In  his  Literary  studies. 
1895.    P-  97.    820.1J17.) 

A  favorable  estimate  written  just  after  the  poet's  death. 

Same.    (In    his    George    Eliot,    Matthew    Arnold, 

Browning,  Newman.     1891.    820.1J17G.) 

Browning's  theology.     (In  his  Jewish  ideals.     1896. 

p.  84.    296J17.) 

A  few  words  on  Browning's  theology  from  the  Jewish  point 
of  view,    pointing   out   his   relation   to  Judaism. 

James,  Henry,  Jr.  Browning  in  Westminster  abbey. 
(In  his  Essays  in  London  and  elsewhere.  1893.  p.  22. 
814J27.) 

Written  in  1890  just  after  the  poet's  funeral  in  the  abbey. 
Browning    "a    poet    without    a   lyre.' 

On  a  drama  of  Robert  Browning.   (In  his  Views 

and  reviews.     1908.    820.1J27.) 

An  unfavorable  review  of  "The  Inn  Album,"  originally  pub- 
lished  in    The  Nation,  January   20,    1876. 

Jones,  Henry.  Browning  as  a  philosophical  and  relig- 
ious teacher.     1891  &  1896.  821.7B88 

The  author,  who  is  professor  of  moral  philosophy  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow,  had  as  his  purpose  to  give  a  con- 
nected account  of  browning's  ideas,  especially  of  his  ideas 
on  religion  and  morality,  and  to  estimate  their  value. 

Immortality  of  the  soul,  in  the  poems  of  Tenny- 
son and  Browning.     1907.  8JI.7J77 

A  lecture  delivered  in  1905  ht-forc  the  British  and  Foreign 
Unitarian  Association,  in  which  the  lecturer  dwells  upon  tlic 
broad  features  of  the  poets*  belief  with  tlie  view  of  discovering 
the   basis  on   which   tliey  made   it   to  rest,   etc. 

30 


Kenyon,  F.  G.  ed.  Robert  Browning  and  Alfred  Domett 
[letters].     1906.  BB885K 

Consists  of  letters,  relating  mostly  to  the  years  1840-46, 
written  to  Domett  ("Waring'  ),  who  was  for  thirty  years  a 
colonial  official  in  New  Zealand,  by  Browning  and  another  early 
friend  of  both,  Joseph  Arnould,  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Bombay.  Included  is  one  letter  of  Miss  Browning  to 
Domett.  The  letters  throw  some  light  on  the  character  of  the 
poet. 

Ker,  W.  p.  Browning.  (In  Bradley,  A.  C.  comp.  Es- 
says and  studies.     1910.     p.  70.    824B81.) 

A  lecture  given  at  Queen's  College,  London,  ]\Iarch  2,  1910. 
The  author  saw  but  never  met  Browning  and  thinks  of  him 
as  he  strikes  a  contemporary.  Gives  some  critical  observations 
on  the  character  of  his  poetry  and  compares  this  thought  and 
method  with   Wordsworth,   and   his  music  with  Tennyson. 

Kingsland,  William  G.  Robert  Browning,  chief  poet 
of  the  age.     1887.  821.7B88K 

An  essay  addressed  primarily  to  beginners  in  the  study  of 
Browning's  poems  and  treating  of  him  as  "first  and  foremost 
a    poet." 

Knight,  William.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Retro- 
spects.    1904.     p.  69.    920K71R.) 

Personal  recollections  of  meetings  with  Browning  and  a  few 
letters. 

Laughlin,  Clara  E.  (The)  Brownings — the  most  ideal 
of  love  stories.  (In  her  Stories  of  authors'  loves. 
2  V,     1902.    V.  2,     920L374.) 

A  brief  account  of  their  courtship,  marriage,  wedded  life, 
with    pertinent    quotations    from    their    poems. 

Leake,  ]Mrs.  Percy.     Ethics  of  Browning's  poems.     1901. 

821.7B88L 

"Traces...  the  large,  the  permanent,  the  uplifting  thoughts 
about  the  work  and  destiny  of  man  with  which  it  has  been 
the  privilege  of  Robert  Browning's  genius  to  enrich  his  time" 
(From  the  introduction  by  the  Bishop  of  Winchester,  the  present 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury). 

Leavens,  Pauline.     Browning.     1910.  82i.7B88Le 

"Biographical  notes,  appreciations,  and  selections  from  his 
'Fifty    men    and    women',' 


Le  Gallienne,  Richard.  Robert  Browning  and  Eliza- 
beth Barrett.  (In  his  Loves  of  the  poets.  191 1.  p.  i. 
920L49L.) 

An  account  of  the  origin,  development,  and  strength  of  their 
love    drawn    mainly    from    their   letters   and   poems. 

Little,  Marion.     Essays  on  Robert  Browning.     1899. 

82i.7B88Li 

Contents:  Browning's  public;  Paracelsus;  Caponsacchi;  Two 
poems  on  painters  and  their  art;  Andrea  del  Sarto;  Christmas 
eve. 

Lockwood,  Frank  C.     Robert  Browning.     C1906. 

821.7B88L0 

The  author's  desire  is  to  present  to  serious  readers  a  con- 
nected account  of  things  funaamental  that  lie  deeply  bedded  in 
Browning's    life    and    poetry. 

London.  Browning  society.  Papers,  [v.  i]-3.  1881- 
91.  82i.;BS8Ln 

The  society  was  founded  by  the  late  Dr.  Frederick  J.  Turni- 
vall  and  was  given  up  in  1893.  The  napers  deal  with  various 
aspects  of  Browning's  mind  and  art.  Included  in  them  is  Dt. 
Furnivall's  Bibliography.  A  list  of  the  papers  is  given  in 
Wise's  Materials  for  a  bibliograiihy  of  the  writings  in  prose  and 
verse  of  Robert  Browning,  part  viii  (See  section  I  of  this  List). 
Dr.  Berdoc  edited  a  selection  of  the  papers,  which  was  pub- 
lished  in    1895    (See   his   Browning  studies  listed  ante). 

Lounsbury,  T.  R.  Early  literary  career  of  Robert 
Browning.     191 1.  821.7B88LU 

Four  lectures  dealing  witli  Browning's  earlier  productions 
(1833-46),  with  the  effect  of  these  on  his  contemporaries,  and 
with  the  causes  of  his  early  popularity,  the  subsequent  neglect 
of  him,  and  the  revival  of  his  reputation.  Considerable  criticism 
of  his  work  and  clear  statements  of  the  facts  bearing  upon  a 
number   of  disputed   points  are   included. 

Mabie,  Hamilton  W.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Es- 
says in  literary  interpretation.  1899.  p.  99.  814- 
MiiLi.) 

"The  endeavor  has  been  to  lay  bare  Browning's  characteristic 
quality  as  a  thinker  and  as  an  artist,  to  make  clear  his  dis- 
tinctive  and   peculiar    message   and   work." 

MacDonald,  Cora  Martin.  Study  of  Browning's  Saul. 
1902.  821.7B8SMC 

Prints  the  poem  and  gives  a  sort  of  analysis  and  commentary, 
with  some  suggestions  tor  study. 

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MacDonald,  George.  Browning's  "Christmas  eve."  (In 
his  Imagination  and  other  essays,     n.  d.    824M13.) 

Same.     (In  his  Orts.     1882.    824M13O.) 

A  description  or  analysis  of  the  poem,  with  comments  on  it 
and    indications    of    its    teachings. 

Machen,  Mrs.  Minnie  (Gresham).  Bible  in  Browning, 
with  particular  reference  to  The  Ring  and  the  book. 
1903.  821.7B88MA 

Part  I  deals  with  the  general  subject  of  Browning's  familiarity 
with  and  use  of  the  phrases  and  words  of  the  Bible :  part  II. 
is  devoted  to  "Scriptural  quotations  and  allusions  in  'The  Ring 
and  the  Book'." 

Marzials,  Frank  T.     Browning.     1905.  BB885M 

A  little  book  giving  the  main  events  of  the  poet's  life  and 
introductory  notes  to  and  some   criticism  of  his  poems. 

Mather,  J.  Marshall.  Browning,  the  optimist.  (In  his 
Popular  studies  of  nineteenth  century  poets.  1892. 
821.7M42.) 

Browning's  optimism  is  affirmed  to  be  due  to  his  belief  in  a 
God,  who  is  love,  and  in  the  soul.  How  it  is  exhibited  in  dif- 
ferent   poems    and    different    characters    is    pointed    out. 

Mellone.  Rev.  S.  H.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his 
Leaders  of  religious  thought  in  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury.    1902.     211M52.) 

Gives    his    idea    of    what    is    Browning's    contribution    to    the 
great  central  problem  of  religious  thought — the  source  and  mean- 
ing of  belief  in  the  divine  being — ,  of  what  is  the  great  lesson 
of     Browning's     poetry,     of    what    is    Browning's    view    of    the 
t  problem    of    evil,    etc. 

Molineux,  Marie  Ada,  ed.     Phrase  book  from  the  poetic 
H  and  dramatic  works  of  Robert  Browning.     1896. 


The  phrases  are  given  under  catch  words  and  the  references 
are  to  the  Riverside  and  Cambridge  editions  (Houghton,  Mifflin 
&  Co.)  of  Browning's  works.  An  index  is  added  containing  the 
significant  words  not  elsewhere  noted.  The  design  of  the  work 
is  to  fill  all  the  important  needs  of  the  student  and  writer,  a 
concordance  which  was  contemplated  being  considered  to  be  too 
bulky  and  elaborate. 

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More,   Paul    Elmer.     Wh}'   is    Browning   popular?      (In 
his   Shelburne    essays;   scries  3.      1905.     820.1M83S.) 

Gives  various  elements  in  his  popularity.  "The  secret  of  liis 
more  esoteric  fame  is  just  this,  that  he  dresses  a  worldly  and 
easy  philosophy  in  the  forms  of  spiritual  faith  and  so  deceives 
the  troubled  seekers  after  the  higher  life."  He  has  produced 
"a  body  of  writing  which  is  neither  quite  prose  nor  quite 
poetry. 

Morley,   John.      On   the    Ring  and    the    book.      (In    his 
Studies  in  literature.      1901  [C1890-1901].     804M86.) 

A  favorable  review.  "It  is  certain  that  bv  whatever  other 
deficiencies  it  may  be  marked  The  Ring  and  the  Book  is  blame- 
less for  the  most  characteristic  of  all  the  shortcomings  of  con- 
temporary verse,  a  grievous  sterility  of  thought." 

Naish,  Ethel  M.     Browning  and  dogma.     1906. 

82i.7B88Na 

"Seven  lectures  on  Browning's  attitude  towards  dogmatic  re- 
ligion," given  in  Birmingham,  England.  I.  Introductory,  and 
Caliban  upon  Setebos.  II.  Cleon.  III.  Bishop  Blougram's 
apology.  IV,  \'  &  \'I.  Christmas  eve  and  Kaster  day.  \'II. 
La    Saisiaz. 

Nettleship,    John    T.      Essays    on    Robert     Browning's 
poetry.     1868.  821.7B8SX 

.Sie   next. 

Robert  Browning;  essays  and  thoughts.     1901. 

82i.7B88Ne 

Includes  the  Essays  published  in  1868  and  additional  essays. 
Not  criticism  in  the  usual  sense  of  the  word;  not  a  discussion 
of  the  poems  in  their  historical  aspect,  but  an  examination,  more 
or  less  analytical  in  method,  of  the  working  of  the  impulses 
of  the  men  and  women  portrayed  in  a  few  of  his  more  powerful 
productions,    is   the   author's   purpose. 

Old  yellow  book.     1908.  R343O44 

.\  con;i)lete  photo-reproduction  of  the  source  of  Browning's 
The  King  and  the  Book,  with  translations,  an  essay  on  the  re- 
lation of  book  and  poem,  and  notes  bv  Charles  W.  Ilodell, 
published  by  the  Carnegie  Institution.  The  original  is  in  the 
Library    of    Balliol    College,    0.\ford.      Four    jilates    are    included. 

Old  yellow  book.     [191L]  343O44Y 

:\  viilumc  in  Everyman's  Library,  reproducing  the  translations 
made  by  Professor  Hodell  and  provided  with  an  introduction 
and  notes  by  him. 

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Orr,  j\Irs.  Sutherland.  Handbook  to  the  works  of 
Robert  Browning.     Ed.  6.     1899.  821.7B88O 

"A  kind  of  descriptive  index,  based  partly  on  the  historical 
order  and  partly  on  the  natural  classification  of  the  various 
poems."  A  chapter  on  General  characteristics  precedes  the  part 
devoted  to  outlines  and  explanations   of  the  poems. 

Life  and  letters  of  Robert  Browning.    2  v.     1891. 

BB885O 

Same.    n.  d.  BB8850r 

Same;  edited  by  F.  G.  Kenyon.     New  and  revised 

edition.     1908.  BB8850k 

See  introductory   paragraph   to   this   section. 

Parrott,  T.  M.  Vitality  of  Browning.  (In  his  Studies 
of  a  booklover.     i904[c'oi-'o4].    p.  262.    820.1P26.) 

Gives  an  outline  of  his  life  and  poetical  career  and  gives 
reasons   for  his  assured  vitality. 

Pater,  Walter.  Browning.  (In  his  Essays  from  "The 
Guardian."     1901.    p.  39.    824P29E.) 

A  favorable  estimate  of  Browning,  mainly  a  review  of  Sy- 
mons's  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Browning,  the  purpose  and 
the   opinions    of   which    are    commended. 

Payne,  W.  M.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Greater 
English  poets  of  the  nineteenth  century.  1907. 
p.  192.    821.7P34.) 

The  author's  main  object  in  his  exposition  of  the  poets  in- 
cluded in  these  lectures  is  "to  examine  their  poetry  with  re- 
spect to  its  intellectual  content,  to  set  forth  their  ideas  upon 
religious  and  philosophical  subjects,  and  to  discuss  their  atti- 
tude toward  the  political  and  social   conditions  of  their  time." 

Pearson,  C.  W.  Elements  of  value  in  Browning.  (In 
his  Literary  and  biographical  essays;  a  volume  of 
papers  by  the  way.     1908.    p.  151.    814P361.) 

An  attempt  "to  exhibit  some  of  the  elements  of  value  in 
Browning   rather  than   his   faults." 

Porter,  Charlotte  and  Clarke,  Helen  A.  Browning 
study  programmes.     [C19GO.].  821.7B88PC 

Lays  out  programmes  in  which  topics  for  papers,  classwork 
or  private  study,  hints,  queries  for  discussion,  etc.,  are  given. 
Begins  with  the  slighter  and  more  obvious  poems,  the  general 
design  being  the  gradual  unfolding  of  the  matter  the  poems 
contain  so  as  to  help  readers  to  help  themselves. 

35 


Rain,  Rev.  Thomas.     Browning  for  beginners.     1904. 

821.7B88R 

Aims  to  present  the  man  and  his  work  in  broad  outline, 
answering  such  questions  as:  what  sort  of  people  did  Browning 
spring  from?  how  was  he  brought  up?  what  type  of  mind 
had  he?  what  class  of  subjects  interested  him?  how  did  he 
feel   about  religion? 

Revell,  William  F.     Browning's  criticism  of  life.     1892. 

82i.7B88Re 

Author's  aim  is  to  lay  before  his  readers  some  few  of  the 
thoughts,  hopes,  and  beliefs  presented  in  Browning's  works.  I. 
Human  nature  and  conduct.  II.  Religious  thought.  III. 
Knowledge   and    love.      IV.  "Sordello's   story    told." 

Ritchie,  Anne  Thackeray.  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Bar- 
rett Browning.  (In  her  Records  of  Tennyson, 
Ruskin,  Browning.     1892.     p.  127.     920R59R.) 

Gives  a  personal  record  of  impressions  and  remembrances  of 
Robert  Browning  (beginning  on  p.  140),  with  whom  she  was 
intimate,  the  poet  dedicating  Red  Cotton  Nightcap  Country  to 
her,   and   some   letters. 

Rogers,  Rev.  Arthur.     Prophecy  and  poetry;  studies  in 

Isaiah  and   Browning.     1909.  204R72 

A  comparison   of  the  two  men,  in  which  the  author  endeavors 

to    point  out    where   there   is   a   likeness,    and   then    to   prove   the 

likeness   by    their   words. 

Rose,  Henry.  "Pippa  passes":  the  optimism  of  Robert 
Browning.  (In  his  Maeterlinck's  symbolism:  The 
Blue  bird,  and  other  essays.     1911.     p.  59.    814R79.) 

Considers  the  religious  and  ethical  teaching  of  Browning  as 
embodied  in  two  songs  of  Pippa,  "The  year's  at  the  spring"  and 
"All    service   ranks   the    same    with   God." 

Saintsbury,  George.  Browning.  (In  his  Corrected 
impressions;  essays  on  Victorian  writers.  i899[c95]. 
chapters  xi  &  xii.     824S15C.) 

Gives  the  reasons  which  have  made  him  "a  lover  of  Browning, 
who  was  never  a  Browningite."  Points  out  his  merits  and 
defects. 

Scudder,  Vida  D.  Browning  as  a  humorist.  (In  her 
Life  of  the  spirit  in  the  modern  English  poets. 
1895.     P-  201.     820S43L.) 

Humor,  and  humor  tinged  with  irony,  is  the  most  distinctive, 
if  not  the  most  important,  clement  in  his  genius.  Browning 
is  master  in  two  great  branches  of  humorous  art — the  grotesque 
and  the  satiric.  There  are  numerous  references  to  IJrownmg 
in   other    parts   of  the   book. 


Shackford,  Rev.  C.  C.  The  Pope  in  "The  Ring  and 
the  book"  [and]  Browning's  "In  a  balcony."  (In 
his  Social  and  literary  papers.  1892.  p.  108  &  p.  116. 
814S52.) 

The  first  is  an  analysis  or  paraphrase  of  "The  Pope"  section 
of  the  poem;  the  second  is  an  analysis  and  critical  study  of  the 
play. 

Sharp,  Amy.  Robert  Browning.  (In  her  Victorian 
poets.     1891.    821.7S53.) 

A  sort  of  running  commentary  on  a  number  of  Browning's 
works,  especially  the  Ring  and  the  Book,  Pippa  Passes,  and 
Colombe's  Birthday,  giving  in  some  cases  an  outline  of  the 
story,  an  interpretation  of  Browning's  ideas,  and  indications  of 
his  qualities. 

Sharp,  William.    Life  of  Robert  Browning.     1890. 

BB885S 

A  narrative  of  the  principal  events  of  his  career,  in  which 
the  poems   are   analyzed  more  or   less. 

Skelton,  Sir  John.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Cam- 
paigner at  home.     1865.     828S627C.) 

Reviews  the  charges  that  have  been  most  frequently  pressed 
against  Mr.  Browning  and  glances  at  some  of  the  features  of 
his  genius. 

Smith,  Arnold.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Main  ten- 
dencies of  Victorian  poetry.     1907.     821.7S462.) 

Critical   observations   on   his   poetry. 

Stedman,  Edmund  Clarence.  Robert  Browning.  (In 
his  Victorian  poets.      1901C1875-87.  821.7S812V 

Analyzes  his  dramatic  gift,  his  method,  and  the  moral  of  his 
verse.  A  critical  estimate  of  various  poems  and  plays  is  given. 
By  his  contempt  of  beauty  or  inability  to  surely  express  it, 
Browning  fails  of  that  union  of  art  and  spiritual  power  which 
always   characterizes   a   poet   entirely   great, 

Stephen,  Sir  Leslie.  The  Browning  letters.  (In  his 
Studies  of  a  biographer.    4  v.     18199.     v.  3.    804S82.) 

"The  difficulty  about  the  Browning  letters  is,  I  think,  this: 
whether,  in  spite  of  their  own  undeniable  merits,  they  will  not 
set  a  precedent  eminently  likely  to  be  abused."  "Was  it 
really  necessary  that  the  whole  correspondence  should  be  pub- 
lished." 

37 


Stowell,  R.  S.  Significance  of  [Browning's]  The  Ring 
and  the  book.     1903.  8217B88S 

"The  poem  is  a  grand  concrete  expression  of  the  all  impor- 
tant truth  that  the  mode  of  activity  of  the  intellectual  man  is 
quickened  by   the   spiritual,   absolute   man." 

Strong,  A.  H.,  D.D.  Browning:  his  poetry  and  his 
theology.  (In  his  Great  poets  and  their  theology. 
1899.     808.1S92.) 

"Browning  is  greatest  as  a  creative  genius;  less  great  as  an 
idealizer;  least  great  as  a  literary  artist."  lie  is  the  greatest 
optimist  of  the  century  and  a  pronounced  evolutionist.  Love  is 
for  Browning  the  highest,  richest  conception  man  can  form 
and  a  guarantee  for  immortality.  The  later  Browning  is  a 
philosopher    rather    than    a    poet. 

Stubbs,  C.  W.,  D.D.  Robert  Browning.  (In  his  Christ 
of  English  poetry.     1906.     821.7S93.) 

Believes  Browning  to  be  "the  most  representative  poet  of 
our  own  period — the  poet  of  keenest  spiritual  insight,  who 
shall  best  interpret  for  us  in  the  light  of  modern  knowledge  the 
person  and  the  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ."  Two  points  are  con- 
sidered: I.  The  Christian  faith  in  a  good  God  as  it  is  af- 
fected by  the  scientific  hypothesis  of  evolution.  II.  How  does 
Browning  interpret  for  us  the  personality  of  the  Christ  Him- 
self in  its  influence  on  the  spiritual   nature  of  man. 

Symons,  Arthur.  Introduction  to  the  study  of  Brown- 
ing.    1886.  82i.7B88Sm 

Same.     New  revised  and  enlarged  edition,     n.  d. 

82i.7B88Sy 

The  aim  is  to  give  information,  more  or  less  detailed,  about 
each  of  Mr.  Browning's  works,  such  and  sufficient  information 
as  to  induce  people  who  have  deprived  themselves  of  a  stimulat- 
ing  pleasure   to    read   him. 

Thomson,  James.  Notes  on  the  genius  of  Robert 
lirowning  [and]  "The  Ring  and  the  book"  [and] 
Browning's  "Pacchiart>tto."  (In  his  Biographical 
and  critical  studies.     1896.    801T48.) 

The  first  paper,  which  was  read  before  the  London  Browning 
Society  in  i88j  is  a  favorable  criticism  of  various  characteristics 
of  Browning  and  a  defense  of  hini  against  some  animadver- 
sions; the  second  is  a  general  criticism  of  "this  one  greatest 
work  of  our  poet";  the  third  i.s  a  review  of  Pacchiarotto  and 
other  poems,  in  which  the  reviewer  dwells  briefly  on  various 
personal    characteristics. 

38 


Triggs,  O.  L,  Browning  and  Whitman,  a  study  in 
democracy.     1893.     821.7B88T. 

Expansion  of  a  paper  read  before  the  London  Browning  So- 
ciety in  1892.  The  purpose  of  the  paper  was  to  point  out  the 
essential  democracy  of  Browning.  In  this  work  Browning  and 
Whitman  are   compared  as  exponents  of  democratic  principles. 

Esoteric  tendency  in  literature:      Browning.     (In 

his  Changing  order.     1905.     814T82.) 

Devoted  to  showing  that  "Browning  displays  his  esotericism 
in  three  ways:  in  the  personalization  of  his  poetry,  in  the 
artistic  modes  of  his  expression,  and  in  the  forms  of  his 
philosophy." 

Vaughan,  C.  E.  Browning.  (In  his  Types  of  tragic 
drama.     1908.     808.2V36.) 

In  Lecture  XI,  Some  types  of  recent  drama:  Browning, 
Maeterlinck,  Ibsen,  the  author,  who  is  a  professor  of  English 
literature  in  the  University  of  Leeds,  points  out  the  peculiarities 
in  the  way  the  situation  is  handled  and  in  the  presentation  of 
character  which  characterize  Browning's  dramas. 

Walker,  Hugh.  Browning.  (In  his  Greater  Victorian 
poets.     1895.    821.7W17.) 

A  critical  estimate  of  his  works  and  a  study  of  the  relation 
of  the  poet  to  the  spirit  and  thought  of  the  time.  Chapter  III, 
Browning:  1833  to  1846,  p.  35;  Chapter  V^,  Browning's  inter- 
mediate period,  1850-1869,  p.  91;  Tennyson  and  Browning:  the 
closing  period,   p.    150. 

Wall,  Annie.     Sordello's  story  retold  in  prose.     1886. 

82i.7B88Wa 

The  story  of  the  poem  is  preceded  by  an  historical  introduc- 
tion giving  knowledge  of  the  political  and  social  conditions  of 
Italy  at  that  period  and  information  about  the  chief  persons  of 
the  poem  and  is  followed  by  a  brief  study  of  the  character  of 
Sordello. 

Westcott,  B.  F.  On  some  points  in  Browning's  view 
of  life.  (In  his  Essays  in  the  history  of  religious 
thought  in  the  West.     1891.    204W52.) 

A  paper  read  by  Professor  Westcott,  later  Bishop  of  Durham, 
before  the  Cambridge  Browning  Society,  November,  1882,  and 
printed  originally  in  the  London  Browning  Society  Papers, 
V.  I,  pt.  iv.     It  is  also  included  in   Berdoe's  Browning  studies. 

Gives  an  outline  of  "the  thought  which  Browning  offers  to  us 
unity    of    life,    the    discipline    of    life,    the    continuity    o£ 


on   the    unity 
life." 


39 


Whiting,  Lilian.  (The)  Brownings;  their  life  and  art. 
1911.  BB885\Vh 

Miss  Whiting  had  the  assistance  of  the  poets'  son  in  rcmloriii.' 
complete  and  authentic  this  double  biography.  Many  unpublished 
letters  are  included. 

Wilson,  F.  Mary.     Primer  on  Browning.     1891. 

821.7B88W 

Three  chapters:  I.  Browning's  literary  life.  II.  Browning's 
characteristics.  III.  Introductions  to  the  poems  (consisting  of 
analyses   and   critical    remarks). 

Woodberry,  G.  E.  On  Browning's  death.  (In  his 
Makers  of  literature.  1901  [C1890-1900].  p.  386. 
804W88.) 

Same.      (In  his   Studies  in  letters  and  life.     1890. 

p.  276.     814W88S.) 

A  critical  estimate  of  Browning's  poetry,  published  just  after 
his    death. 


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B.  Periodical  Articles   (Selected). 

Browning  and  [Bishop]  Butler.  J.  Cliurton  Collins. 
Contemporary  Review,  98:  467;  Living  Age,  267: 
481. 

Browning  and  Sainte-Beuve.  G.  Bradford,  Jr.  North 
American  Review,  191 :  488. 

Browning  and  Tennyson  as  spiritual  forces.  C.  C. 
Everett.     New  World,  2:  240. 

Browning  and  the  larger  public.  Review  of  Reviews, 
15:  184. 

Consists  mainly  of  two  papers:  I.  The  Significance  of  Brown- 
ing's message,  by  F.  \V.  Farrar,  D.D.  II.  Browning  as  a 
poet  of  the  plain  people,  by  F.  Herbert  Stead,  warden  of 
Browning  Hall    (a   social  settlement). 

Browning  as  a  religious  teacher.  R.  H.  Hutton.  Living 
Age,  184:  660. 

Browning  biography.  Emily  Hickey.  Nineteenth 
Century  and  After,  68:  1060;  Living  Age,  268:  201. 

In  the  main  a  review  of  Professor  Griffin's  Life. 

Browning  in  Asolo.     K.  Bronson.     Century  Magazine, 
59:  920. 
Mrs.  Bronson  was  a  neighbor  of  Browning  in  Asolo. 

Browning  in  Edinburgh.  Rosaline  Masson.  Living 
Age,  260:  653. 

Relates   to   a    visit    made   in    1884. 

Browning  in  Venice.     K.  Bronson.     Century  Magazine, 

63:  572. 

Another  paper  by  Mrs.  Bronson  of  Asolo,  who  also  had  a 
home    in    Venice. 

Browning's  casuistry.  Sir  Leslie  Stephen.  Living  Age, 
236:  257. 

Browning's  plays  and  poems.  James  Russell  Lowell. 
North  American  Review,  66:  357  (April  1848). 

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Browning's  summers  in  Brittany.  A,  M.  Mosher.  Cen- 
tury Magazine,  54(32):  755- 

Browning's  theism.  Josiah  Royce.  New  World,  5: 
401. 

Browning's  theory  of  love  as  developed  in  his  lyrical 
poems.     E.  J.  Bailey.     Arena,  41:  274. 

The  Brownings.  Mrs.  Andrew  Crosse.  Living  Age, 
192:  719. 

The  Browning  tonic.  Martha  B.  Dunn.  Atlantic 
Monthly,  90:  203. 

Did  Browning  whistle  or  sing?  F.  M.  Padelford.  Liv- 
ing Age,  261:  475. 

A    defense    of    Browning's    verse. 

Glorious  Robert  Browning.  Emily  Hickey.  Nineteenth 
Century  and  After,  70:  753;  Living  Age,  271:  270. 

Influence  of  Italy  on  the  poetry  of  the  Brownings. 
Ethel  de  Fonblanque.     Fortnightly  Review,  92:  ^i^j. 

"Jocoseria"  and  the  critics:  a  plea  for  the  reader.  W.  J. 
Courthopc.     National  Review,  i:  548. 

Mr.  Browning's  place  in  literature.  Mrs.  Sutherland 
Orr.  Contemporary  Review,  2Z\  934;  Living  Age, 
122:  67. 

Optimism  of  Browning  and  Meredith.  A.  C.  Pigou. 
Living  Age,  246:  415. 

A  Philistine  view  [of  Browning's  Blot  in  the  'scutch- 
eon].    T.  R.  Lounsbury.     Atlantic  Monthly,  84:  764. 

Religious  opinions  of  Robert  Browning.  Mrs.  Suther- 
land Orr.  Contemporary  Review,  60:  876;  Living 
Age,  192:  365. 

Robert  Browning.     Living  Age,  185:  666. 

Robert  Browning.     Living  Age,  186:  ^^l■. 

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Robert  Browning;  in  memoriam.  Edmund  Gosse.  Liv- 
ing Age,  184:  zi^' 

Robert  Browning.  Roden  Noel.  Contemporary  Re- 
view, 44:  701;  Living  Age,  159:  771. 

Robert    Browning.      William    Lyon    Phelps.      Century 
Magazine,  84:  118  (May,  1912). 

Robert  Browning.  H.  D.  Traill.  National  Review,  14: 
592;  Living  Age,  184:  297. 

Robert  Browning  the  musician.  A.  Goodrich-Freer. 
Nineteenth  Century  and  After,  49:  648;  Living  Age, 
229:  803. 

"Robert  Browning,  writer  of  plays."  W.  L.  Courtney. 
Fortnightly  Review,  39:  888;  Eclectic  Magazine,  lOi: 
358. 

Robert  Browning's  message  to  the  nineteenth  century. 
J.  T.  Bixby.     Arena,  i:  283. 


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